Hosea 5:15
New International Version
Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”

New Living Translation
Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and turn to me. For as soon as trouble comes, they will earnestly search for me.”

English Standard Version
I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress earnestly seek me.

Berean Standard Bible
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

King James Bible
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

New King James Version
I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

New American Standard Bible
I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their distress they will search for Me.

NASB 1995
I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

NASB 1977
I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will seek Me earnestly.

Amplified Bible
I will go away and return to My place [on high] Until they acknowledge their offense and bear their guilt and seek My face; In their distress they will earnestly seek Me, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
I will depart and return to my place until they recognize their guilt and seek my face; they will search for me in their distress.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will depart and return to My place until they recognize their guilt and seek My face; they will search for Me in their distress.

American Standard Version
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall return, I shall go to my place until they are guilty and they will seek my face, and in their affliction they will come before my presence

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nought, and then shall they seek my face.

Contemporary English Version
Then I'll return to my temple until they confess their guilt and worship me, until they are desperate and beg for my help.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will go and return to my place: until you are consumed, and seek my face.

English Revised Version
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me."

Good News Translation
"I will abandon my people until they have suffered enough for their sins and come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me."

International Standard Version
"I will leave and go back to my place until they admit their offense and seek my face. When affliction comes to them, they will eagerly seek me."

JPS Tanakh 1917
I will go and return to My place, Till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face; In their trouble they will seek Me earnestly:

Literal Standard Version
I go—I return to My place, | Until they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they seek Me speedily!”

Majority Standard Bible
Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

New American Bible
I will go back to my place until they make reparation and seek my presence. In their affliction, they shall look for me.

NET Bible
Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

New Revised Standard Version
I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor:

New Heart English Bible
I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly."

Webster's Bible Translation
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

World English Bible
I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”

Young's Literal Translation
I go -- I turn back unto My place, Till that they are desolate, and have sought My face. In their distress they do seek Me speedily!'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Judgment on Israel and Judah
14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them. 15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Cross References
Genesis 42:21
Then they said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us."

Leviticus 26:40
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me--

Numbers 21:7
Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us." So Moses interceded for the people.

Psalm 50:15
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me."

Psalm 78:34
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

Isaiah 18:4
For this is what the LORD has told me: "I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

Isaiah 26:9
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.


Treasury of Scripture

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

return.

Hosea 5:6
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

Exodus 25:21,22
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee…

1 Kings 8:10-13
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, …

till.

Hosea 14:1-3
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity…

Leviticus 26:40-42
If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; …

Deuteronomy 4:29-31
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul…

acknowledge their offence.

Judges 4:3
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

Judges 6:6,7
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD…

Judges 10:10-16
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim…

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Hosea 5
1. The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes,
9. both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins.
15. An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance.














(15) Tenderness blends with judgment, and insulted love bleeds and hopes. The image of the lion is dropped. Jehovah speaks of "His own place"--Heaven. He will cause all manifestations of His regard for them to cease till "they suffer punishment, and seek my face," and, like the prodigal in the flush of a new morning, will arise and go unto the Father.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then I will return
אֵלֵ֤ךְ (’ê·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

My place
מְקוֹמִ֔י (mə·qō·w·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

until
עַ֥ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

they admit their guilt
יֶאְשְׁמ֖וּ (ye’·šə·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 816: To be guilty, to be punished, perish

and seek
וּבִקְשׁ֣וּ (ū·ḇiq·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

My face;
פָנָ֑י (p̄ā·nāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

in their affliction
בַּצַּ֥ר (baṣ·ṣar)
Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

they will earnestly seek Me.”
יְשַׁחֲרֻֽנְנִי׃ (yə·ša·ḥă·run·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nun
Strong's 7836: To dawn, be, early at any task, to search for


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